Magnes
Magnes, ētis, v. Magnesia, II. D.
Māgnēs, ētis, m., der Magnesier u. der Magnet, s. Māgnēsia.
Magnēs, (14) ētis, m. (Μάγνης), de Magnésie : Cic. Br. 316 || magnēs lapis ou abst magnēs, aimant minéral : Cic. Div. 1, 86 ; Lucr. 6, 908 ; Plin. 36, 126.
Magnes
(Μάγνης). (1) One of the first founders of Attic comedy, B.C. 460. See comoedia.
(2) A youth said by some to have been the slave of Medea and to have been changed by her into a magnet. The more generally accepted story states that once, while walking over a mine, he found himself detained by the iron nails in his shoes which became attached to the lodestones over which he was attempting to pass. From him, as the first discoverer, the magnet received its name ( De Lapid. x. 7).
Magnes
Magnes, father of Pierus
- Apollod. 1.3.2
- Apollod. 1.7.3; Paus. 6.21.11
- his sons colonize Seriphus: Apollod. 1.9.5
- Apollod. E.7.29